Improvement in candle-holders



C, N. CADWALLADEH.

candle- Helders.

No.150 283, Patented April 28,1874.

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CHARLES N. GADWALLADER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO 0. F. DAVIS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANDLE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,283, dated April 28, 1874 application filed March 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. CADWAL- LADER, of the city and county of Philadelthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the two figures.

The subject of this invention is a candleholder formed with a series of pins of differential lengths projecting from a tray or pan, so that when a candle is shortened by burning, and the longer pins become heated, it will be still held by the shorter pins. A stem projects downward from the tray, and is adapted to fit the socket of a candlestick.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a tray or pan, which is somewhat conical or dished, and constitutes the base of the candle-holder. From the upper side of the tray there projects a series of pins, B B, which are arranged in circular order, or of such order that there is left within the pins a space for the reception of the lower portion of a candle, which portion will be embraced by the pins B.

It will be seen that by these means the candle will be firmly held in place, and when it burns below the top of the pins the light will shine-therethrough, so that the candle maybe burned to its very bottom, whereby there is no loss of light and stumps are not left.

0 represents a series of pins, which are shorter than the pins B, said pins 0 projecting upwardly from tray A, and are arranged in order similar to the series B, alternating with the said series B.

It will be seen that when the candle has burned below the top of the long pins B the flame will heat said pins, whereby the portion of the candle in contact therewith will melt. The candle, losing the support originally imparted by the long pins, would fall or totter were it not that the short pins 0, not being within reach of the flame, continue to hold the lower portion of the candle, and thus the candle willlbe maintained upright throughout,

for, by the time the short pins become heated sufficiently to affect the candle, the latter is about burned out, or the melted matters that have collected in the tray A are sufficient to hold the small piece of the unconsumed candle.

A stem may be formed with the tray on the under side thereof, in order to apply the holder to a candlestick, or the holder may constitute the top of a candlestick. The stem may likewise be pointed or screw-threaded, for application to places where a candlestick is not required.

The melted matters from the candle will be retained in the tray A, whose dished shape prevents the overflow of said matters.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A candle-holder consisting of a tray or pan with a downwardly-projecting stem, a series of long pins projecting upward from the tray or pan, and adapted to embrace the candle, and a series of short pins, alternating with the long pins, and likewise adapted to embrace the candle, substantially as herein set forth.

CHARLES N. GADWALLADER,

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, O. F. DAVIS. 

